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THE ESAMA OF BENIN KINGDOM

 


 

 

The Great Life of A Pioneer

Igbinedion as a Benin family name is now a household word. It has become synonymous with Aviation, Industry, Education, Finance, Medical Care and Rural Development at local, national and international levels. The man who has made this possible in Africa is Sir (Dr.) Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin Kingdom.

Chief Igbinedion has attained great heights in life reminiscent of great achievers. He is a philanthropist and and a humanist of national dimensions and an industrialist of international fame...read on

 


PRINCIPAL VENTURES


 

:: IGBINEDION HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE

The area of Chief Igbinedion's investment that deserves even more attention is the Igbinedion Hospital and Medical Research Centre situated at Okada. The project was commissioned on 4th May 1993, by President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida represented by Vice President Augustus Aikhomu. The ultra modern hospital comprises 600 beds including a 150 bed maternity ward, 80 V. I. P. suites and four presidential wards. The staff of the hospital rank as some of the best trained in their respective fields anywhere in the world, while the medical research centre is adorned with comparable modern facilities to undertake a most up-to-date training for medical research personnel. The centre has amenities for advanced diagnosis of various illnesses.

"The Igbinedion Hospital and Medical Research Centre is one of the most advanced medical facilities in the developing world. Purposely built as part of the Okada Wonderland development, 65 kilometres from Benin City; the hospital is the first of its kind in West Africa, and the largest private hospital in Nigeria. It incorporates seven clinical blocks and six ancillary buildings, which together provide a full range of state-of-the-art medical services in a peaceful and attractive setting covering an area of approximately 40,000 square metres."

The hospital complex has established the Lady Cherry Igbinedion IVF (lnvitro Fertilization Unit) "where women go for the treatment of gynaecological cases". The Unit is being pioneered by a renowned Gynaecologist, Mr. Marcus Setchell who is the personal Gynaecologist to the Royal House of Windsor. Assisting Mr. Setchell are other eminent gynaecologists and embryologists including Dr. Richard Howell of Portland Hospital London, Dr. Amiya Mukherjee of Churchill Clinic London, and Dr. Anthony Itabor trained at St. Bartholomew Hospital in London by Igbinedion Hospital.

From all indications the Hospital and Medical Research Centre can hardly be a profit yielding project. It is evident that Sir, Gabriel Igbinedion has provided one of the most important social amenities bordering more on philanthropy. Going by the huge investment expended on the infrastructure and the equally colossal amount invested on equipment and other facilities at the hospital and the medical research centre, it is obvious that running the concern on the basis of immediate financial gain is impossible.

But then, why did Chief Igbinedion go into the business of hospital and medical research centre construction and management? The answer to this can perhaps be found in the address he gave in 1986 on the occasion of the foundation laying ceremony of the complex. On that occasion Chief Igbinedion disclosed the idea behind his hospital venture. According to him:

   
   
Igbinedion University Diagnostic Unit

 

The hospital was not cited here for the size of Okada town, but as service to humanity. Over the years, I have noticed that many Nigerians have the routine anxiety of going overseas regularly for medical check-up and attention. In my view, this unending health pilgrimage to advanced overseas countries for medical attention, does not only lower the nation's self-esteem, but also constitutes a huge drain on our external financial resources. Why must all Nigerians, irrespective of status not have the best medical attention in the country? Good medi-care should be within the reach of our people that is why this hospital is being constructed. I strongly believe that just as we are striving to be self reliant in other fields of endeavour we .

can do likewise in the area of health care delivery and research. I want to make this modest contribution to humanity of providing a well­equipped hospital with adequate modern facilities, while the medical staff with their expertise and specialist knowledge will provide the services.

Thus it seems clear enough that the Igbinedion Hospital and Medical Research Centre is more for the cause of humanity than essentially a business concern. As usual Chief Igbinedion embarked on the health care project mainly on patriotic and humanitarian grounds. It is not being suggested here that the services at the hospital and centre are free, but that strenuous efforts are being made within reasonable limits to put the cost of treatment and investigations at affordable levels. Consideration for the plight of the people rather than the profit factor has been the principal object of Chief Igbinedion's reason for establishing the health care project at Okada. Today, with the Igbinedion Hospital and Medical Research Centre, in Okada, the Okada Wonderland has become the medical village of Africa.

 

 

 


:: OKADA AIRLINE


:: IGBINEDION EDUCATION CENTRE


:: IGBINEDION HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE


 

 

Former Nigerian Vice President Admiral August Aikhomu delivering his address at the commissioning of Igbinedion Hospital and Medical Research Centre

 

 

In Patient Nursing Care at Igbinedion Hospital Okada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
   
THE BIOGRAPHY OF CHIEF GABRIEL OSAWARU IGBINEDION

 
IGBINEDION AS TRADITIONAL CHIEF AND FAMILY MAN

   
IGBINEDION AND PHILANTHROPISM

   
HONOURING THE HONOURABLE- CHIEF IGBINEDION WINS AWARDS

   
IGBINEDION AND SOCIETY AT LARGE

   
IGBINEDION- THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE

 
CHIEF IGBINEDION'S PICTURE GALLERY

 
CHIEF IGBINEDION'S APPOINTMENT AS PATRON AND GRAND PATRON

 

A great son of Africa who has become a towering international success. This is the powerful moving biography of one man's determination to win- H. R. H. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll, The Alaafin of Oyo
 
 
 
 
This remarkable biography weaves the story of an endlessly fascinating man, his family and business empire- Dr. Brian Aghedo PhD
 
 
 
 
Do you have what it takes to be an industrialist, businessman and philanthropist? Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion's life story tell how, withouth mortaginng your soul- Chief Pearnel Charles, Jamaica
 
 
 
 
Sir Igbinedion is a great man of trmemendous and unqualified resources. His humility and great service to humanity coupled with his willingness to help the less-privileged has earned him respect and admiration the world over- Prince Abubakar Audu, former executive governor of Kogi State, Nigeria.
 
 
 
 
Igbinedion does not believe in failure, he says, "don't be afraid, everyone has them and sometimes they can be resurrected with resounding success- Alfred Eghobamien Esq.SAN

Afew Acknowledgement of Chief Igbinedion's Sense of Philanthropy


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